Processing Potentiality of Fruits Grown in Waste Lands
- Prof. Bhagwan Deen
- Dec 24, 2021
- 5 min read
The fruits are rich source of carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which play significance role in human beings’ life. The fruits were well known as a protective food and presently fruits have drawn researchers’ attentions because of its antioxidant’s capacity. The fruits like aonla, bael, jamun, guava, mahua, ber, karonda, phalsa, barhal etc. are known for its cultivation on waste and neglected lands on which are usually not suitable for cultivation of normal fruits and agronomical crops. Most of these species have wide adoptability as well as high degree of tolerance against adverse soil as well as climatic conditions hence can thrive even under most adverse agro-climatic situations. The waste lands fruits have high nutritional, therapeutical and medicinal values but most of species of these fruits are not popular as desert fruits because of difficulties in use and astringent taste. Not much is known about the processing and market acceptability of the products of these waste lands and underutilized fruits species whereas processing into good quality processed products increase the consumption of these fruits thereby encourage the growers to expand the area under organized orcharding of such fruits.
